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FordMaverickFan t1_j9sp7rt wrote

Reply to comment by moderately_random in Family of elderly man beaten to death with traffic cone blindsided by teen suspect posting bail: 'I lost it' by JBizznass

Rich people who live in the suburbs don't have to deal with the consequences.

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Churrasco_fan t1_j9tmg4a wrote

Well that certainly is a take

I'd be fairly surprised if wealthy suburbanites are donating to inner city black charities, especially this one

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flamehead2k1 t1_j9tufz1 wrote

Bail funds were widely publicized by rolling stone and others.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-floyd-protests-bail-funds-police-brutality-black-lives-matter-1008259/

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Churrasco_fan t1_j9twum6 wrote

Okay? Not sure how that ties the donations to wealthy suburbanites. Unless that's not the point you're trying to make

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flamehead2k1 t1_j9tz14t wrote

Rolling stone is popular among wealthy suburbanites.

Basically the hippy boomers who now hold a lot of wealth.

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Churrasco_fan t1_j9tzzdi wrote

You know what isn't popular among wealthy boomer suburbanites? Black criminals

Still not buying this narrative

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flamehead2k1 t1_j9u1gz8 wrote

Anecdotal but I know a lot of wealthy suburbanites that donated to these bail funds.

It was a way they could say they "did something " that didn't involve actually interacting with poor minorities.

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Churrasco_fan t1_j9urwgc wrote

Wealthy Suburbanites: The city is a crime infested hellscape I avoid at all costs

also Wealthy Suburbanites: Cash bail is discriminatory and infringes on the civil rights of low income minorities. I will donate to fight this injustice so those accused of crimes can walk free until their day of court

Make it make sense

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flamehead2k1 t1_j9v0pzr wrote

More of a

"We acknowledge there's a problem here but don't really want to get our hands dirty and would prefer to just throw money at the issue"

Similar to how they need to get their house painted but don't want to get paint on their nice clothes

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Churrasco_fan t1_j9v2st0 wrote

Philadelphians: The wealthy suburbs profit off their proximity to the city but disproportionately hoard money and state resources, leaving the city high and dry

also Philadelphians: how dare you rich snobby suburbanites donate to Philadelphia non profits?!?

Make it make sense

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flamehead2k1 t1_j9ve9wd wrote

1.5 million people have a variety of opinions and it isn't always black and white.

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ThatsNotFennel t1_j9u4tb5 wrote

Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that a large portion of cash donations to a charity are made by people who can afford to do it?

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FordMaverickFan t1_j9up8y2 wrote

"inner city black charities" tell me you're from West Chester without telling me you're from West Chester

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Churrasco_fan t1_j9usccb wrote

Montco and over a decade in the city, none of which was spent in college. Nice guess tho

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